Comparison with MongoDB

Percona Backup for MongoDB is a fully supported community backup solution that can perform cluster-wide consistent backups in MongoDB. The following table compares Percona Backup for MongoDB with the MongoDB backup solutions:

Feature name	Percona Backup for MongoDB	MongoDB Community mongodump	MongoDB Enterprise	MongoDB Atlas
Open source backup	Yes	No	No	No
Binary database export (logical backup)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Built-in point-in-time recovery support	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Physical backup	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Incremental backup (physical)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Backup management interfaces	Percona Backup for MongoDB (CLI) PMM mongodump / mongorestore (CLI)	- - mongodump / mongorestore (CLI)	Ops Manager Cloud Manager mongodump / mongorestore (CLI)	Atlas backups mongodump / mongorestore (CLI)
Sharded cluster restores supported	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

What you get with Percona Backup for MongoDB

• Enterprise features without extra costs
• Works for both sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets
• Simple command-line management utility. For backup management via a user interface, consider using PBM through Percona Monitoring and Management
• Simple, integrated-with-MongoDB authentication
• Distributed transaction consistency with MongoDB 4.2+
• Compatibility with different storage types: S3-compatible storage, Microsoft Azure Blob storage, filesystem storage type for locally-mounted remote filesystem backup servers

Contact Us

For free technical help, visit the Percona Community Forum.

To report bugs or submit feature requests, open a JIRA ticket.

For paid support and managed or consulting services , contact Percona Sales.

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Last update: May 31, 2023
Created: May 31, 2023